Signal peptide of FadA adhesin from Fusobacterium nucleatum plays a novel structural role by modulating the filament's length and width

FEBS Letters

Volumn 586, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Témoin, Stéphanie ^a   Wu, Karen L ^a   Wu, Vivian ^a   Shoham, Menachem ^b   Han, Yiping W ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Adhesin; FadA; Filament; Fusobacterium nucleatum; Invasion; Mutant; Signal peptide

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN FADA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG FILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN KNOT; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT FILAMENT; THIN FILAMENT; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM;

EID: 84655163916     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.10.047     Document Type: Article

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